Samsung Electronics West Africa has presented prizes
to three lucky winners of the Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge, a photographic
competition designed for amateur and professional photographers who told the “Lagos
Story” with their camera lens.

Joseph Olayinka Elliot who emerged the first prize winner
with his entry, a panoramic capture of the National Theatre, Lagos, received a Samsung
NX300 Camera. Mbiedabasi Ekpo Etim, winner of the second prize received Samsung
NX1000 Camera while Ademola Ajayi got NX30 Camera as the third place winner.

Online call for entry in the Samsung NX300 Guerrilla
Photo Challenge opened in June
8, 2013and
climaxed with online voting which started Tuesday, 6th August and closed on
Friday, 16th August, 2013. Joseph Olayinka Elliot garnered 1,404, Mbiedabasi
Ekpo Etim received 1,250 votes and Ademola Ajayi came third in the voting
exercise.

Speaking at the prize presentation held at SEWA office
in Lagos on Wednesday August 28, 2013, Emmanouil Revmatas, Director, Hand Held
Devices, Samsung Electronics West Africa, said Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo
Challenge is an initiative designed to jazz up creative-photographic lifestyle
of photographers in Nigeria. According to him, “Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo
Challenge received overwhelming response from both amateur and professional
photographers during the competition which is a demonstration of Samsung NX300
brand love due to its super-fast ability to capture life’s most fleeting
moments as well as share them instantaneously”.

Over 300 contestants submitted their best shots for
the Samsung NX300 Guerrilla Photo Challenge via www.samsungcamerang.com/nx300 microsite.
Judge photographer, Azu Nwagbogbu of Lagos Photo fame selected top 20 photos of
the 37 entries that were considered worthy for the competition. The 20 selected
contestants were screened by another team led by Sola Aromokun and Samsung
NX300 team where 10 finalists made it to the final photo challenge.

After undergoing smart camera training clinic, the 10
finalists were broken into three groups and given the NX300 with various lens
to tell the Lagos Story. After the shooting, photos were selected and uploaded unto
the microsite for voting. 15 pictures were screened and selected for each
contestant and were uploaded on the microsite.

Voting was promoted on social media platforms;
facebook, twitter, Nairaland and instagram. Contestants also added to the
increased awareness for the competition by canvassing for votes on several
social media platforms and online sites which went viral.

With NX300, users can achieve the most precise, high
quality pictures possible with the push of a button. NX300 can shoot up to 8.6
continuous frames per second with its super-fast 1/6000 sec shutter speed that
ensures all details are captured even if the subject of your shot is moving at
Bolt's record breaking pace.

This is sad... After the almighty photo contest, the winner was given a Samsung NX300 Camera worth ₦85,995 on Jumia. Did Samsung ever consider what it took to get over 1000 to vote (the voting process was even cumbersome cos you need to check your mail and click on a link for confirmation) and for a non lagosian, how much it takes to travel to Lagos. I don't think this is worth being talked about.